Concentration camp memorial near Schupf
The concentration camp memorial near Schupf is a memorial that recalls events that occurred during the rule of the Nazi regime. It is located a little north of the Middle Franconian town of Schupf and points to the location of a corpse cremation site where the cremation of victims of the Hersbruck satellite camp took place in the last months of the Second World War .
Location and history of the memorial
The memorial is located near the village of Schupf ( Happurg ) on the high plateau of the Franconian Alb and is a little east of the district road LAU 25 in a small forest clearing.
The memorial consists of an approximately 25 x 20 meter walled area, in the center of which is the actual memorial with inscriptions. This consists of a large, stone urn that contains the remaining ashes of the probably more than 1,000 prisoners' corpses that were burned at this location. Just like the concentration camp memorial near Hubmersberg , this memorial also goes back to a design by Ernst Rücker , which was realized when the building was erected in 1950 by the district of Hersbruck .
Every year around November 9th, a small memorial ceremony takes place at the site of the memorial to commemorate the victims of the National Socialist tyranny.
literature
- Nuremberg country . Karl Pfeiffer's Buchdruckerei und Verlag, Hersbruck 1993. ISBN 3-9800386-5-3
- Horst M. Auer (Ed.): Site History Franconia - Volume 2 . Ars Vivendi Verlag GmbH, Cadolzburg 2002. ISBN 3-89716-316-0
Web links
- Documentation Center Concentration Camp Hersbruck e. V.
- Information about the concentration camp memorial on a private website
- Location of the concentration camp memorial near Schupf in the BayernAtlas (accessed on October 16, 2016)
Coordinates: 49 ° 27 ′ 10.3 " N , 11 ° 29 ′ 26" E